Is life "too short"?

I think that life is too short for me to waste too much time - though I don't mind others wasting their own time - in fact it is somewhat entertaining if they do.

Perhaps youth is too short but we're talking about life in general - not youth.

I think life is a good length. If life was longer people who had unfortunate circumstances would suffer for longer. And people with favorable conditions might be more likely to take them for granted and life might seem meaningless if it was too easy for too long.

Our current lifespans allow great minds and creative people to produce a lots of works. On the other hand our "short" livespans stop bad leaders from ruling too long.

Though love songs sometimes talk about loving someone forever, many of us, especially Hollywood couples have trouble for it even lasting a few years. During that time they may have had sex thousands of times and things like the "Coolidge Effect" would make them look elsewhere - perhaps porn or cheating with physical partners.

Our current lifespans allow great minds and creative people to produce a lots of works.

I'm a fairly creative person, and I often feel that life is way too short for me to really live up to my potential. It has forced me to pick and choose among the many avenues of creativity that I think I might have enjoyed, and I'm not sure I'll have a long enough lifespan to explore the ones I've stuck with to the extent that I'd like to.

I'd say too short. I need more decades of liesure time. Assuming typical life expectencies, I'm only going to get 20-30 years of a "life of liesure" (i.e post retirement) in before I die. And those last 10 years might be in iffy health. Ideally, I think about 50 years would suit me better.

Of course, it is a bit of a catch-22. If I was going to live 30 or 40 years longer, I'd probably have to work 15 more years or so, which would be counter productive to my goal. Still I would take it.

Time flies when you're having fun but to be merciful to people who are suffering a lot life shouldn't be too long. People who are suffering aren't necessarily able to end it even if they want to - e.g. being tortured in a country with a bad human rights record.